BEPREP project started at the beginning of September 2022 and the kick-off meeting was organised as a hybrid meeting in Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland on the 8th-9th of September. During the meeting, the project partners and the project officer from the European Commission got to know each other better, exchanged ideas and knowledge and planned the implementation of the project further. The participants also got familiar with Suomenlinna and its history as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.